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From The Baffler in print and online this week, some thoughts on Kurt Cobain, Simone de Beauvoir, John Boehner, Saskia Sassen, Michael Bloomberg, Betty Draper, Jeb Bush, Elon Musk, and God: • On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, we published ...

Carefree French people, pictured here not checking their work emails. Breathless film still courtesy of Martin Pulaski • Accounting School Guide has made a useful (and telling) interactive graphic to demonstrate the practical breakdown of a “living wage” for each state ...

Not at all a waste of time and taxpayer money, nope. / Photo by Flying Puffin • In a baffling piece this week, The Economist informed us that gentrification in London is “cool,” and also that it is “real,” because of charts. • The latest advice column by Heather ...

Wall Street bro-brokers, circa 1920. / Photo courtesy of The U.S. Library of Congress • Watch Nomi Prins on yesterday’s Democracy Now! talking about the history of Wall Street and Washington bromances. • The Toledo Blade is filing a suit against the U.S. Department of ...

Oroluk Islet, Micronesia. / Photo by Angela K. Kepler • According to the Alameda, California Public Health Department, gentrification is making people sick. Destabilization and displacement of the poor isn’t just a socioeconomic issue, officials say: it’s a public ...

(This man pictured may or may not be on the market, may or may not be a billionaire. It wouldn’t hurt to ask.) / Photo by Alfvan Beem • “Two years after Chicago moved to reform its marijuana laws, a two-tiered system of justice remains firmly in place: while ...

Big doings these days on the Baffler blog, friends. Some salvos and sass from this past week, in case you missed them: • Bet you didn’t expect to see The Baffler have an opinion on Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian, did you? And why not? We have opinions about everything else. ...

Dorothea Dix / U.S. Library of Congress • Today is “404 Day,” organized by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other groups to bring attention to Internet censorship in public libraries and schools. • Today is also the 212th birthday of Dorothea Dix, an activist ...